Another Numbers Game Trivia Quiz

Answer: 666

All the hexes should be a clue that the number has a lot of 6s. 666 is infamous as the "number of the beast", as mentioned by the Book of Revelations in the New Testament. Recently, some studies have indicated that due to a possible mistranslation, it's possible the author meant the number 616. Many scholars think that the number referred to the Roman Emperor Nero.

Answer: 11

This is a reference to the famous scene in the movie where a character is shown an amplifier with a volume control knob that goes from 0 to 11. "Why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number and make that a little louder?" he asks. "_These_ go to _11_," is the famous reply.

Answer: 451 F

"Fahrenheit 451" is one of the more famous novels set in a future dystopian society. The protagonist is a "fireman" whose job is to burn books, which are illegal. With the outlawing of books, people lack inquisitiveness and curiosity and spend all their time watching the equivalent of television.

Answer: 40

WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement, 40th formula". The oil was originally invented to prevent corrosion. The oil works so well that it is applied in many cases where it wasn't designed for, such as cleaning oil spots on the floor. The company has refused to patent it so that its composition can remain a secret.

Answer: 30

Yes, that's right, the Thirty Years War began with a "defenestration", a fancy word that means "throwing someone out of a window". Protestants in Bohemia were unhappy with the actions taken by Catholic administrators and expressed their displeasure on the administrators in that fashion, starting a revolt that spread throughout Central Europe. Amazingly, the officials defenestrated survived the 70 ft fall.

Answer: 19

The Baha'i religion is one of the lesser-known major religions, having been founded in the 19th century, but anyone with a good sense of math and science can figure it out. The Baha'i calendar consists of 19 months of 19 days, making 361 days, with 4-5 Intercalary Days to even things out.

Answer: 13

Dr. Hadley got the nickname because all interns were assigned a number when they applied to compete for a job working with Dr. House. After succeeding, the character never bothered to correct the number with her real name and so the nickname stuck. 13 is traditionally seen in Western cultures as unlucky because of the association with the number of attendees at the Last Supper.

Answer: 23

A standard dartboard contains numbers from 1 to 20 -- but you can score 21 with a triple 7, and 22 with a double 11. The maximum score on a dart is a triple 20, or 60.

Answer: 10000

Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Apparently there are 11,842 lakes in Minneosta larger than 10 acres in size, but "Land of 11,842 Lakes" doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily.

Answer: 99

Of course, this refers to the German band Nena's 99 Luftballons, a music video about how 99 toy balloons in the air end up sparking nuclear war. Despite re-releasing it in English, the German version proved to be more popular in America.